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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
- sūta jīva samāḥ saumya
- śāśvatīr viśadaṁ yaśaḥ
- yas tvaṁ śaṁsasi kṛṣṇasya
- martyānām amṛtaṁ hi naḥ
ṛṣayaḥthe good sages said ūcuḥthe good sages said — the good sages said; sūtaO Sūta Gosvāmī — O Sūta Gosvāmī; jīvawe wish you life for — we wish you life for; samāḥmany years — many years; saumyagrave — grave; śāśvatīḥeternal — eternal; viśadamparticularly — particularly; yaśaḥin fame — in fame; yaḥbecause you tvambecause you — because you; śaṁsasispeaking nicely — speaking nicely; kṛṣṇasyaof Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa — of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; martyānāmof those who die — of those who die; amṛtameternity of life — eternity of life; hicertainly — certainly; naḥour — our.
The good sages said: O grave Sūta Gosvāmī! May you live many years and have eternal fame, for you are speaking very nicely about the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. This is just like nectar for mortal beings like us.
When we hear about the transcendental qualities and activities of the Personality of Godhead, we may always remember what has been spoken by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 4.9, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.). His acts, even when He acts in human society, are all transcendental, for they are all accentuated by the spiritual energy of the Lord, which is distinguished from His material energy. As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, such acts are called divyam. This means that He does not act or take His birth like an ordinary living being under the custody of material energy. Nor is His body material or changeable like that of ordinary living beings. And one who understands this fact, either from the Lord or from authorized sources, is not reborn after leaving the present material body. Such an enlightened soul is admitted into the spiritual realm of the Lord and engages in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Therefore, the more we hear about the transcendental activities of the Lord, as they are stated in the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the more we can know about His transcendental nature and thus make definite progress on the path back to Godhead.